File-based system Information is problematic when chroot is used

[Manickam Palaniappan]

Hi,

	I would like to know why a design decision was made to hold certain system 
information ( like timezone in /etc/localtime ) in a file-based manner 
rather than using shared memory / sockets or such IPC techniques, as this 
hinders a process to access the information after it does a chroot call.

	In my case, ( and certainly many other cases ) when using wu-ftpd, 
smbd/nmbd etc.. I find syslog entries switching from localtime to UTC when 
it should not do so, requiring me to copy the timezone file in the 
directories  concerned each time timezone is changed.

	I cant do a symbolic link to the files either, as its useless in a 
chrooted environment. Hard links to the information files wont be possible 
if the original files are in a separate FS.

Thanks,
Manick.

P.S : Is there any possible way to revert back to Actual Root ( possibly 
using chroot )